Smith approaches his materials with a nod to scientific method through conjecture, research, calculation, testing, and analysis. In this exhibition, objects once symbolic of wealth and leisure are transformed into an extraordinary carnival encampment, the grotto of a wanderer on a quest. Dozens of fabricated ruff collars, historically a mark of social standing and now a typical feature in the costume of a jester or clown, double as a personal horizon line when worn by the protagonist of Smith’s video. Untold yards of raw canvas and brightly colored cloth, stitched into complicated layers and shapes on an industrial sewing machine, festoon and visually unite piles of rescued objects and the ruins of a customized car. Rich in analogy and metaphor, Smith’s exhibition detours the beaten path to arrive at the intersection of the improbable and the possible. Smith’s sculptures, drawings, and repurposed objects also serve as props and tools in his associated video. “Breakdown Lane” is Smith’s version of this machine as it appears for the first time in that parallel strip along the highway where risk and the unexpected stumble to invent repair and redeem a road trip to the unknown. Admission is free.Īn orrery is a mechanical model of a planetary system typically centered by a sun. This exhibition and all Diane Marek Series events are open to the public. Smith is the fall semester 2014 Diane Marek Series Visiting Artist. Cress Gallery of Art at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga presents Greg Smith’s “Breakdown Lane Orrery” through December 9.
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